9th Arab Cup Winners' Cup 1998

Qualifying Round

Group 1
Rayyan (QAT)  3-2 1-2 Al Qadeseya (KUW)
Al Wasl (UAE)     w/o Muharraq (BAH) [withdrew]
Al Qadeseya and Al Wasl qualified

Group 2 (in Saudi Arabia)
El Mourada (SUD)  0-0 Ismaili (EGY)
Al Ta'ee (KSA)    1-0 Ismaili (EGY)
Al Ta'ee (KSA)    0-2 El Mourada (SUD)
Al Wahda (YEM) withdrew
El Mourada and Al Ta'ee qualified

Group 3
Al Nasr (LIB)     w/o USM Alger (ALG) [withdrew]
Al Nasr qualified

Group 4 (in Beirut, Lebanon)

Round 1 [Jun 2]
Al Jaish (SYR)    1-0 Al Wahdat (JOR)
  [Fadi Afish 45]
Al Ansar (LEB)    1-0 Khadamat Rafah Services (PAL)
  [Laith Hussein 50pen]

Round 2 [Jun 4]
Al Jaish (SYR)    6-2 Khadamat Rafah Services (PAL)
  [Masaab 5, Said Biazeed 14, 57, Ahmad Azzam 40, Mustafa Homsi 79, 88;
   Ali Abou Saeed 18, 90]
Al Ansar (LEB)    2-0 Al Wahdat (JOR)
  [Peter Prospar ?, 88]

Round 3 [Jun 6]
Al Wahdat (JOR)   6-3 Khadamat Rafah Services (PAL)
Al Ansar (LEB)    3-3 Al Jaish (SYR)  
  [Jamal Taha 33, 77, Laith Hussein 81pen; Ammar Rihawi 45, ? 68, ? 88]

Al Jaish qualified

Al Nijmah (LEB) and MC Oran (ALG, holders) qualified automatically.


Final Tournament in Beirut (Lebanon).

Group 1

Round 1 
[Aug 19]
Nijmah      2-1 Mourada
  [W.Nazha 45, 89; A.Teih 61]
  [N: W.Fattal, H.Daher, A.Shahrour, M.Halaweh, Sunday Oko (NGA), Raed
      Aboulnasser (20 Moussa Hojeij), H.Nasser, J.Al-Hajj (? M.Hejazi), 
      Armen Sanamian (ARM), Saheb Abbas (IRQ) (? M.Safa), W.Nazha (YC).
   M: O.Hassan, M.Morjan, Y.Toum, A.Khafaja, S.Teih (? A.Teih (RC)), 
      N.Drajoul (? A.Ounsah), H.Shousha, S.Yahia, K.Teih, B.Hajana, I.Nahar.
   Ref: Nasser Al Hamdan (KSA); att: 35,000]
[Aug 21]
Nasr        1-2 Qadeseya

Round 2 [Aug 23]
Mourada     1-3 Qadeseya
Nijmah      1-1 Nasr 
  [W.Nazha 89; M.Mohammad 20]
  [Nij: W.Fattal, H.Daher, M.Halaweh, A.Shahrour, Moussa Hojeij, M.Hejazi 
        (? W.Abdallah), H.Nasser (? M.Aboueleoua), Sunday Oko (NGA), Armen
        Sanamian (ARM), W.Nazha (YC), M.Safa (? Saheb Abbas (IRQ)).
   Nas: S.Rajab, F.Faraj, H.Al-Bourai’I (? T.Youssef), S.Al-Asanoussi, N.Adam,
        S.Mohammad, M.Mansour, F.Al-Dakhil, M.Mohammad, M.Al-Sahrif, A.Moubarak.
   Ref: Mohamed Guezzaz (MOR); att: 30,000]

Round 3 [Aug 25]
Nasr        6-1 Mourada
Nijmah      3-3 Qadeseya
  [Armen Sanamian 12, 89, A.Shahrour 88; A.Al-Hessaoui 45, N.Al-Khalidi 72,
   ? 81]
  [N: W.Fattal, H.Daher, A.Shahrour, M.Karneeb, M.Aboueleoua, H.Nasser, 
      Moussa Hojeij (? J.Al-Hajj), Sunday Oko (NGA), Armen Sanamian (ARM) 
      (89 F.Natour), B.Fleifel (? Z.Saad), Saheb Abbas (IRQ).
   Q: H.Al-Moukaimi, M.Al-Beiriki, N.Awda, A.Abdelkarim (? A.Ismail), M.Sabek,
      A.Al-Shoummari, A.Al-Shoummari, N.Al-Khalidi, S.Al-Shoummari,
      Y.Al-Rashidi (? M.Masouud), Y.Al-Wahib (? A.Al-Hessaoui).
   Ref: Hassan Aly Hassan (EGY); att: 26.000]
 
Table:
 
 1.Al Qadeseya        3  2  1  0  8- 5  7  [Kuwait]
 2.Al Nijmah          3  1  2  0  6- 5  5  [Lebanon]
 3.Al Nasr            3  1  1  1  8- 4  4  [Libya]
 4.Al Mourada         3  0  0  3  3-11  0  [Sudan]

Group 2

Round 1 [Aug 20]
MCO         1-2 Wasl
Jaish       3-0 Taee

Round 2 [Aug 22,26]
Wasl        0-1 Taee
MCO         0-0 Jaish

Round 3 [Aug 24]
MCO         4-2 Taee
Wasl        1-1 Jaish

Table:

 1.Al Jaish           3  1  2  0  4- 1  5  [Syria]
 2.MC Oran            3  1  1  1  5- 4  4  [Algeria]
 3.Al Wasl            3  1  1  1  3- 3  4  [UAE]
 4.Al Taee            3  1  0  2  3- 7  3  [Saudi Arabia]

Semifinals [Aug 27]
MCO         2-1 Al Qadeseya      [asdet]
  [golden goal: Z.S. Ahmad 105]
Al Jaish    3-1 Al Nijmah
  [S.Baiazeed 33, M.Mostafa 54, N.Mostafa 69; Saheb Abbas 15]
  [J: Mohammed Beiruti, B.Sari, T.Jabban, S.Kreidieh, M.Khalaf, M.Mohammad,
      M.Hommsi (? N.Mostafa), A.Koussa, A.Azzam, A.Sari (? M.Mostafa),
      S.Baiazeed.
   N: W.Fattal, H.Daher, M.Karneeb, A.Shahrour, Sunday Oko (NGA), Moussa
      Hojeij, H.Nasser, M.Aboueleoua, Armen Sanamian (ARM), W.Nazha, Saheb
      Abbas (IRQ).
   Ref: Mohamed Guezzaz (MOR); att: 40.000]

Final [Aug 30]
MCO         2-1 Al Jaish         [asdet]
  [K.Nasser 53, 95; M.Khalaf 10]

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